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Some people can walk and chew gum at the same time.

I address real problems on this board on a consistent basis. Most of the time you and others choose to ignore it. Everything from inflation, to immigration to how much we are lied to by the government.

And now you pretend just because something rather trivial in the grand scheme of things is being floated out here that somehow that means everything else posted on this board no longer exists?

You're going to have to do a little better than that.

The president disrespecting everyone is a real problem ( he only cares about himself and his family). It is one of many other real problems. I assumed it would be one we could all agree on. Would you wear a hat into a church or at a funeral. It is about respect. He doesnt care about anyone thats the problem.

I am convinced he is doing this so he and his family can do development projects in the future in Israel with less risk.

It's not actually that sophisticated:

Trump Sons Back New Drone Company Targeting Pentagon Sales
https://www.wsj.com/politics/nation...ompany-targeting-pentagon-sales-2f74abca

There is only one problem in this country - Trump. Get with the program, comrade!

Yep Russia isn't a problem.

Pedo potus plagues the world with stupid crap… y’allyban will be crying when gas hit $4-5 a gallon… another TRUMP tax. Stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote.

1st off bro I had no idea Obama wore a tan suit EVER.
2nd It's just as assinine as complaining about a hat.
3rd YOU PEOPLE

Its not about a hat its about respect.

I still say BULLCRAP. It's a damn hat.

Is it disrespectful to wear shoes, socks, underwear, pants, shirts, belts, depends, suit jackets, ties, makeup, wigs, hoodies, etc, etc, to church, or to a funeral?

Hoodies and hats. Absolutely disrespectful. Ok if its raining outside.

Have you considered suing him for the hat? You can sue anyone for anything. Maybe that will help get your point across on a larger stage. You could be a hero.

Would you wear a ball cap to the funeral of a troop killed in battle? I'm just curious. It seems you care more about acting like that's normal than admitting it's not.

You are right that you can sue anyone for anything. Just ask trump. Maybe that's why he sues people and companies for anything and everything. He thinks it makes him a hero.

Ships hit in Strait of Hormuz as gas prices increase once again

Iran has intensfied attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as the US has also said it struck an Iranian weapons manufacturing facility last night.

Two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz were attacked by Iran today, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement, according to Iran’s state-affliated Fars News Agency.

Three crew members of a Thai vessel struck by an unknown projectile remain unaccounted for, Thailand’s Ministry of Transport said.

The US struck a “large ballistic missile manufacturing facility” in Iran last night, the commander of US Central Command said.

The son of the Iranian president has said the country’s new supreme leader “is safe” as questions swirl over his public absence.

Russia is helping Iran with advanced drone tactics to hit US and Gulf nation targets in the Middle East, a Western intelligence official told CNN.

Gas prices in the US have risen to highest average price in more than 21 months.

Trump says war will end “soon” and there's “practically nothing left to target”

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the war with Iran will end “soon,” claiming there’s little left to target and reiterating that the decision to end the conflict will be his call.

“Little this and that… Any time I want it to end, it will end,” he told Axios in a brief phone interview.

“The war is going great. We are way ahead of the timetable. We have done more damage than we thought possible, even in the original six-week period,” Trump said.

https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-...fyqm000g3b6t97gg4ype&t=1773239884548

Hegseth says Trump, amid mixed messages on timeline and nation building, will decide when Iran war is over

Hegseth said the U.S. will end its conflict with Iran "at our choosing."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said the U.S. will end its war with Iran "on our timeline" and "at our choosing" amid mixed messaging from the administration on the timing of the operation and its ultimate objective.

Hegseth notably declined to give a further assessment on how much longer the military campaign will last, saying Tuesday would be the most intense day of strikes yet in the 11-day conflict and that it will be up to President Donald Trump to decide when the war is over.

"The president has set a very specific mission to accomplish, and our job is to unrelentingly deliver that," Hegseth told reporters at a Pentagon press briefing.

"Now he gets to control the throttle. He's the one deciding. He's the one elected on behalf of the American people when we're achieving those objectives. And so, it's not for me to posit whether it's the beginning, the middle or the end. That's his. And he'll continue to communicate that," the defense secretary said.

Trump himself has made conflicting statements on the matter.

Trump told CBS News on Monday afternoon that the war is "very complete, pretty much." But around that time, the Defense Department's rapid response social media account posted on X: "We have Only Just Begun to Fight."

ABC News White House Correspondent Selina [censored] pressed Trump later Monday evening at a news conference: "So, which is it and how long should Americans be preparing for this war to last for?"

"Well, I think you can say both. The beginning -- it's the beginning of building a new country, but they certainly, they have no navy, they have no air force, they have no anti-aircraft equipment," Trump said.

"We could call it a tremendous success right now. As we leave here, I could call it. Or we could go further and we're going to go further," the president added.

Trump said on Monday he thinks the war will be over "very soon" and repeatedly called the war a "short-term excursion."

Trump and his top officials have outlined four objectives of the military offensive: destroy Iran's ballistic missile capabilities; annihilate their Navy; ensure they can never obtain a nuclear weapon; and prevent the Iranian regime from arming and funding terrorism outside its borders. But broader goals on what comes after the fighting ends remains unclear.

Trump's signaled he could declare the military campaign a success at any time, even as the Iranian regime remains in power and Iran still maintains its enriched uranium stockpile. Trump's repeatedly said Iran cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon -- and over the weekend said he was not ruling out the possible use of U.S. ground troops in Iran, but said that they would be used only "for a very good reason."

The president has also sent mixed messages on regime change, and how involved the U.S. intends to be in what new leadership will take control in Tehran.

Trump expressed disappointment in the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike at the beginning of the war.

In a phone interview with ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce on Sunday, Trump said the new leader is "going to have to get approval from us."

"If he doesn’t get approval from us he’s not going to last long. We want to make sure that we don’t have to go back every 10 years, when you don’t have a president like me that’s not going to do it," Trump told ABC.

Hegseth, though, on Tuesday vowed the U.S. would not be involved in "mission creep."

"This is not endless. It's not protracted," Hegseth said.

"This is not 2003. This is not endless nation-building … Those days are dead. Instead, we're winning decisively with brutal efficiency, total air dominance, and an unbreakable will to accomplish the president's objectives," Hegseth said.

https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegset...eline-nation-building/story?id=130935341

I'm not sure if this is a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing or both hands not knowing what they're doing.